Biography of Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester 1728-1805
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On 01 Apr 1721 [his grandfather] Henry Pelham (age 60) died.
On 28 Feb 1728 Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester was born to Thomas "Turk" Pelham (age 23).
On 15 Jun 1754 Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester (age 26) and Anne Frankland Countess Chichester (age 19) were married at Mortlake, Richmond.
On 28 Apr 1756 [his son] Thomas Pelham 2nd Earl Chichester was born to Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester (age 28) and [his wife] Anne Frankland Countess Chichester (age 21).
On 04 May 1762 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23) created a number of new peerages ...
Edward Noel 1st Viscount Wentworth (age 46) was created 1st Viscount Wentworth.
William Courtenay 7th Earl Devon (age 53) was created 1st Viscount Courtenay.
Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 68) was created 1st Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex with default to his cousin Thomas Pelham (age 34).
Caroline Lennox 1st Baroness Holland (age 39) was created 1st Baroness Holland in Lincolnshire. Henry Fox 1st Baron Holland (age 56) by marriage Baron Holland in Lincolnshire.
John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont (age 51) was created 1st Baron Lovel and Holland of Enmore in Somerset.
John Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 27) was created 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton in Northamptonshire.
Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester (age 44) was created 1st Baron Milton of Milton Abbey in Dorset.
Edward Hussey-Montagu 1st Earl Beaulieu (age 41) was created 1st Baron Beaulieu of Beaulieu in Hampshire with a special remainder to his heirs male with his current wife Isabella Montagu Duchess Manchester (age 56).
On 12 May 1762 George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon (age 53) was created 1st Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton (age 46) by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.
George Fox Lane 1st Baron Bingley (age 65) was created 1st Baron Bingley. Harriet Benson Baroness Bingley (age 57) by marriage Baroness Bingley.
On 13 Oct 1766 [his son] Bishop George Pelham was born to Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester (age 38) and [his wife] Anne Frankland Countess Chichester (age 31).
On 17 Nov 1768 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 75) died without issue. He was buried in the Pelham family vault at All Saint's Church, Laughton.
Duke Newcastle upon Tyne, Marquess Clare, Earl Clare, Viscount Haughton and Baron Pelham of Laughton extinct.
Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton 2nd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 48) succeeded 2nd Duke Newcastle under Lyme. Catherine Pelham Duchess Newcastle under Lyne by marriage Duchess Newcastle under Lyme.
Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex and 6th Baronet Pelham of Laughton.
On 04 Dec 1778 [his son-in-law] George Brodrick 4th Viscount Midleton (age 24) and [his daughter] Anne Pelham were married. She by marriage Viscountess Midleton of Midleton in Cork. She the daughter of Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester (age 50) and [his wife] Anne Frankland Countess Chichester (age 43). They were third cousin once removed.
In 1792 [his son] Bishop George Pelham (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Rycroft were married. He the son of Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester (age 63) and [his wife] Anne Frankland Countess Chichester (age 57).
In 1801 [his son] Thomas Pelham 2nd Earl Chichester (age 44) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne Countess Chichester (age 24) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds and Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers. He the son of Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester (age 72) and [his wife] Anne Frankland Countess Chichester (age 66). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
The London Gazette 15375. Whitehall, June 15, 1801.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable William Lord Craven (age 30), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles, and Titles of Viscount Uffington, in the County of Berks, and Earl of Craven in the County of York. [Louisa Brunton Countess Craven (age 16) by marriage Countess Craven in Yorkshire].
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honourable George Lord Onslow (age 69), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles, and Title of Viscount Cranley, of Cranley, in the County of Surrey, and Earl of Onslow, of Onslow, in the County of Salop. [Henrietta Shelley Countess Onslow (age 70) by marriage Countess Onslow.]
The King has also been pleased to grant the said Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable Charles Lord Romney (age 56), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stiles, and Titles of Viscount Marsham of the Mote, in the County of Kent, and 1st Earl of Romney. [Frances Wyndham Countess Romney by marriage Countess Romney.]
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of Earl of tlie United Kingdom of Great Biitain and Ireland to the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Pelham (age 73), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Earl of Chichester. [[his wife] Anne Frankland Countess Chichester (age 66) by marriage Countess Chichester.]
The King has likewise been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Grey de Wilton (age 51), and the Heirs Male, of his body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles and Titles of Viscount Grey de Wilton, and Earl of Wilton, of Wilton Castle, in the County of Hereford, with Remainders to Thomas Grosvenor, Esq; Second Son, Robert Grosvenor, Esq. Third Son of the Right Honourable Robert Grosvenor (age 34), (commonly called Viscount Belgrave), by Eleanor (age 30) his Wife, Daughter of the said Thomas Lord Grey de Wilton, and the Fourth, Fifth, Sixths Seventh, and every other Son and Sons, of the said Eleanor by her present or any future Husband, hereafter to be begotten severally and successively, and the respective Heirs Male of their Bodies lawfully begotten. [Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton (age 48) by marriage Countess Wilton.]
On 08 Jan 1805 Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester (age 76) died. His son [his son] Thomas Pelham 2nd Earl Chichester (age 48) succeeded 2nd Earl Chichester, 3rd Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex and 7th Baronet Pelham of Laughton. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne Countess Chichester (age 28) by marriage Countess Chichester.
On 05 Mar 1813 [his former wife] Anne Frankland Countess Chichester (age 78) died.
[his daughter] Anne Pelham was born to Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester and Anne Frankland Countess Chichester.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Philip IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Pelham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Sackville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Pelham 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Walsingham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Guildford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Pelham 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Henry Pelham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Sidney
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Dudley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Gamage of Coity Castle 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney Baroness Pelham Laughton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Thomas "Turk" Pelham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England